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Destinations at The Rose & Crown Reviews

65 Union Street, Borough, London, England

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86%

Rating
259 Total Reviews
  • 85%Value For Money
  • 90%Security
  • 87%Location
  • 90%Staff
  • 83%Atmosphere
  • 86%Cleanliness
  • 83%Facilities

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89%

Very cute place. Fun pub downstairs. Good location for sight seeing.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your stay in London, we are very pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to seeing you again soon, thank you for your comments.

71%

This is a great hostel to use it to sleep. Is very clean and the rooms are really confortable. If you are looking to meet people this is not your hostel.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we do not advertise we have a common room, but downstairs in the bar there are plenty of people to meet, if you can do that, all our patrons have not had trouble mixing with your patrons of our pub, thank you for your comments and we hope to see you again.

63%

I had computer in the room - but without the hard drive. Also, I had the TV, but without the remote control.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, you are very wrong in your comments, the computer was working during your stay because I upgraded the virus software, but you do have to turn it on first, and the TV remote was next to the TV or being used by another guest, but it is there, why did you not bring this to the attention of the staff, you marked down the staff to and this proves that you were not communicating with them, we are sorry that you did not enjoy your stay with us, thank you for your comments.

86%

I was in a six bed dorm. The bed was very comfortable, the shower was good and the cleanliness was great. So, in the end, I am glad for chosing thishostel. The only problem was the space to store all my stuff: there were some hangers, about 8 or 9 in total, so to share with 6 people, and a very small locker under the bed. The result was that I had to leave almost everything in my backpack and if by accident someone had decided to take it, I couldn not have had any chance to impede it.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we do provide hangers in the rooms, if needed we do increase them upon request, we do have hooks all around the room to, thank you for your comments and we hope to see you again soon.

89%

Great hostel with nice and friendly stuff. Location is excellent, just few minutes from London bridge station. The only thing which I didn't like was the fact that people did not clean the showers after themselves. :( The water was "slowly going out" the shower and people didn't care to wait to clean after them. :( Otherwise, everything is great, ah yes - nice and comfortable beds and excellent offer of beers in the pub. :)

  • 31 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Croatia
  • Female, 31-40
  • (1 review)

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your stay in London, we are very pleased you enjoyed your stay with us, we do ask our guests to respect their fellow travellers and keep the bathrooms and bedrooms tidy, we clear and disinfect our showers weekly, thank you for your comments and we hope to see you again soon.

83%

Computer and flat screen TV in the room. Friendly staff with a dog. No curfew. Highly recommended.

  • 29 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are very pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again, thank you for your comments.

86%

it was a very good place. new and confortable.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are very happy you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again very soon, thank you for your comments.

86%

Great pub atmosphere. Made to feel very much at home.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we try to make our guests feel at home and we are pleased in your case we succeeded, thank you for your comments and we hope to see you again.

100%

This is one of the best hostels I have stayed at. The beds were comfortable and had curtains for privacy and lockers beneath. Each room had a computer for web browsing and the WiFi was also reliable. The bathrooms were small but well-maintained and the water was hot. The pub downstairs provided a nice hang out with a friendly, laid back atmosphere. The staff were amiable and very helpful, giving tips on things to do and providing maps and transit advice. I would stay here again in a heartbeat.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your stay in London, we try to make the hostel your home away from home while you are with us, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again very soon, thank you for your comments.

94%

Very good hostel. Small, clean, excellent location, very very comfortable beds!

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your stay in London, on behalf of the staff and management we would like to thank you for your comments and we are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again very soon.

91%

Nice place and friendly staff. Would stay there again.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are very pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again soon, thank you for your comments.

86%

The Location is very central. Cleanliness could have used a little work but ultimately I was very satisfied. Staff was very friendly.

  • 13 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male, 31-40
  • (1 review)

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us, the cleanliness during your stay with us was OK, but I agree with you that it should have nbeen better and from now on it will be, thank you for your comments.

97%

It's a little far from the city centre, but very close to the tube, so that wasn't a problem. My friends and I stayed here very comfortably and enjoyed every second. We would all gladly stay here again. Staff is lovely, as was our room, the unlimited supply of tea, the beds, and the free breakfast. We got great advice on things to do and it was very secure.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us, we are at London Bridge, while it is not Trafalgar Square location we are only 5 minutes on the tube from central London and 5 minutes from Borough Market and the River Thames, we hope to see you again soon, thank you for your comments.

100%

I love staying at the Rose and Crown. My airport ride driver commented that he has dropped off many a customer at the pub but that this was his first time picking someone up from a pub!

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to seeing you again very soon, thank you for your comments.

23%

READ THIS! NOT A HOSTEL, a pub, with a few rooms. The 'staff' are actually the bartenders/ bouncers with 'bouncer' culture: My luggage strap got stolen in the hostel, & when I informed the 'manager', he & a bartender started interrogating me, asking (threatning) to check the CCTV (which was a 24 * 2 hrs tape, for a $20 strap :) He then said I should prove it to him, and he'll pay the $ 20 back! I've 1 more strory, no space :)

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we expected this bad review from yourself, firstly " the staff ", We allow FREE printing here at the hostel, you downloaded something on our laptop to print out, it crashed our computer, the staff memeber ask you to wait until our laptop had rebooted(as a computer engineer you should know this) but you kept taking the laptop from behind the bar to do something to it, we ask you to not do this but you were rude to the staff memeber, as for the strap, when you informed us of this strap you actually said that you were not sure if you had brought it with you, but said it was stolen, I offered to check the cctv to see if we could see what happened, YOU DECLINED the offer, I said that if you could prove the purchase as a curtousy payment I would replace it, again you declined and ask for some duck tape, which we supplied, at no point were you " threatened " or spoken to in a threatening way, no one interrogatted you, we ask you about your strap and made suggestions about it's whereabouts. may I suggest you stay in a hotel next time, so have very special needs in your stay and I feel a hotel is the only place your special needs can be met, thank you for your comments.

91%

Hostel is on top of a pub, but the pub closes at 11pm, so no noise trouble. Need to take a key (20£ deposit) if you want to return after closing hours. Very friendly and helpful staff. Rooms are small but the beds (double bunks) are quite nice, with curtains. Room contained a tiny desk with a computer +internet access, and a small fridge. Otherwise no kitchen etc. Minor downpoints: Only two showers on floor. Room doors and underbed lockers very noisy, so difficult to sleep if others get up early

  • 06 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Switzerland
  • Male, 31-40
  • (1 review)

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Thank you for chhoosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us, we do have only 2 showers, but with only 20 beds in the hostel we have more showers per head than most hostels, and we are trying to make our lockers a little less noisy, but we do ask our guests to respect the others in the room, thank you for your comments.

100%

The staff was super friendly (especially the owner and his German Shepherd, Mishka). Supremely comfy beds with privacy curtains are a definite bonus. I had some friends staying at St. Christopher's across the street and they were all jealous of me at the Rose & Crown! Definitely, definitely recommend.

  • 05 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female, 18-24
  • (1 review)

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are very pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again very soon, thank you for your comments.

83%

Very good value. Good beds, clean. I liked the plug socket on each bed. Will likely use again.

  • 02 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your stay in London, we were pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again very soon, thank you for your comments.

83%

Bathrooms are a little small, but it's a nice stay and good value. The walk from the Tube station to the hostel freaked me out a bit! Thanks a bunch for a good stay.

  • 01 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female, 18-24
  • (1 review)

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Thank you for choosing Destinations Hostels during your visit to London, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us, as for the walk from the tube station, it is very well lite and easy walk of 3-4 minutes to the hostel, the area is 100% safe, thank you for your comments.

77%

Best beds I've slept in and a ice clean room. Would definatly use this place again.

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Thank you for choosing Destinations hostels during your visit to London, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to seeing you again in the near future, thank you for your comments.

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